Feed the Wolf
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| 📅 Released | 11 June 2007 | |||
| 🎙️ Recorded | 2007 | |||
| 🏷️ Label | Independent/Vitamin | |||
| 🤑 Producer | Trash McSweeney, TidyKid | |||
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Feed the Wolf is the seventh release and sixth extended play (EP) by the Australian art rock band the Red Paintings. It appeared on 11 June 2007. Funded by fan donations, it was created without management or major label involvement. The EP provided a single, "We Belong in the Sea" (January 2008). Feed the Wolf included two cover versions, "Sing" originally by the Dresden Dolls and "Mercy Seat" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Background
Feed the Wolf was issued by Australian art rock band, the Red Paintings, which signed a distribution deal with Sydney label, Vitamin Records in May 2007.[1] They released the six-track EP as the third instalment in their Robots Trilogy in June 2007.[2] It was recorded by the line-up of Andy Davis on drums and percussion; Amanda Holmes on bass guitar; Wayne Jennings on cello and vocals; Trash McSweeney on vocals, guitar, sequencing and samples; and Ellen Stancombe on violin, tin whistle and vocals.[3] It was funded via fan donations.[4]
In the previous year the Red Paintings supported a world tour by the Dresden Dolls, which was documented by their video album, Seizure & Synesthesia.[5][6] The Australian group undertook the Animal Rebellion Tour in June and July 2007 to promote both Feed the Wolf and Seizure & Synesthesia.[7] For the EP they provided two cover versions, "Sing" originally by the Dresden Dolls and "Mercy Seat" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.[4]
Critical response
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| Sputnikmusic |    [8] |
Feed the Wolf received positive reviews, but not as overwhelming as previous releases. Sputnikmusic staff reviewer Alex Silveri said "Feed the Wolf isn't the moving wonder that was Walls, nor as catchy and exciting as Destroy the Robots, but it still retains all the elements that make the Red Paintings one of the most exciting bands out there in the Australian landscape today". The album is referred to as being not as easily accessible as their previous work, although praise (also amongst user comments) was high for their rendition of the Nick Cave classic, likened to an "epic trembling wave, building itself from a slow piano introduction and ending in a hail of torrential drumming and blinding fierceness".[8] Iain of theDwarf.com.au observed, "well worth a listen for everyone; for existing fans there is enough new material to justify the purchase cost; for everyone else a great introduction to the [group]."[4]
Track listing
All tracks written by Jamie Glenn Barrett p.k.a. Trash McSweeney, unless otherwise indicated.[9]
- "Feed the Wolf" – 5:33
- "Sing" (Amanda Palmer) – 5:21
- "We Belong in the Sea" – 3:41
- "Mercy Seat" (Mick Harvey, Nick Cave) – 5:15
- "Feed the Wolf" (radio edit) – 3:49
- "Destroy the Humans" – 4:00
Personnel
- Trash McSweeney – vocals, guitar, piano ("We Belong in the Sea"), keyboard, bass
- Ellen Stancombe – violin, tin whistle
- Andy Davis – drums, percussion
- Amanda Holmes – bass guitar
- David Sue Yek – cello, piano ("Mercy Seat")
- Lionel Theunissen – additional vocals ("Destroy the Humans")
- Wayne Jennings – cello ("Destroy the Humans")
Notes
- ↑ Eliezer, Christie (8 May 2007). "Vitamin Distributes Red Painting Catalogue". In Music & Media. Archived from the original on 18 February 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Red Paintings". Obscure Sound. July 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ Red paintings (Musical group) (2008), Feed the Wolf, Robot Records: Vitamin Records [distributor], retrieved 10 March 2022
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Iain (23 July 2007). "Feed the Wolf – Red Paintings, The". thedwarf.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Clare (August 2007). "DVD: Seizure & Synesthesia – Red Paintings, The". TheDwarf.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Gunn, Nick (16 September 2006). "Concert Review: The Dresden Dolls + The Red Paintings". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 20 July 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ AMB, Ellie (27 June 2007). "The Red Paintings embark on an Animal Rebellion". SoulShine. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Alex Silveri (June 2007). "Feed The Wolf". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ↑ "Red Paintings works at APRA search engine". APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society). Retrieved 16 March 2022. Note: not all 54 results may be visible. User may need to click on "Load More Results" tab.
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